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Anthony D Ravenscroft | Santa Fe, NM United States | 03/06/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I own four of the Plastic Compilation series, & this is (to date) the most disappointing. The Fatboy Slim is both lame & pointless, the Hybrid piece never gets off the starting line, and the Tiesto remix of "Sweet Surrender" isn't up to his past work.That said, "The All The All" (Lo Fidelity All Stars) almost carries the disc by itself, & bears repeated close listening -- and excessive dancing (ensuring that my coworkers remember I'm both insane & spastic, but wtf...).Considering the surfeit of lousy compilation CDs in the world, this is hardly among the worst. It's worth the price, but just barely."

Do I have to have a title? The CD doesn't...

Martian Bachelor | Feminacentric America | 11/06/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, this compilation business is really getting out of hand: this CD has only been out about 3 months and when I got it I found out I already had 3 or 4 of the cuts on other CD's! And, yes, some of the tracks are cut off (though they do it rather smoothly).But the music's still good if you go in for this sort of trance/house stuff, though I would slightly recommend getting Trancemission 2 before Plastic 5 (both have the excellent Jan Johnston song - I can play it all day long...).Basically Nettwerk has kept more or less true to form in this series of compilations. 3 1/2 stars -- maybe 4 (or more) if things hadn't been lopped off and the music was a bit more on the exclusive side. Are you listening Nettwerk?"

A solid addition to the Plastic Series

D. Manning | New Castle, DE United States | 04/12/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ever since the first Plastic album, I've been snagging up the rest of the series as soon as I knew they were out. I like the level of consistency in most of the songs on each album. I'm a fan of this particular series since most artist albums and other compilations have a few good songs and the rest tends to be filler. These albums rarely contain uneven tracks. The fifth in the series meets my expectations and delivers is usual blend of great electronic music. It contains grade A techno and is very consistent. I was a little disappointed with the inclusion of the album cut of Star 69. I would have appreciated at least a remix. Still, it's a very solid, very listenable album, and it's nice to see Sarah McLachlan back. I missed her obligatory presence in the last one."